n. 1. a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks. Syn. -- chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. a plant with long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves. Syn. -- chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. 1. a beet lacking a swollen root; it is grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks. Syn. -- chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris cicla. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. a plant with long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves. Syn. -- chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]